EQIP Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative

Sign up this year until March 20, 2015

The Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative, part of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, provides financial and technical assistance to help extend the growing season for high value crops in an environmentally safe manner.

The initiative may assist producers in addressing a resource concern by:

Improving plant quality

Improving soil quality

Reducing nutrient and pesticide transportation

Improving air quality through reduced transportation inputs

Reducing energy use by providing consumers with a local source of fresh produce.

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include individuals, legal entities, tribes or joint operations engaged in agricultural production. Organic producers who grow agricultural commodities on eligible land and have natural resource concerns that can be addressed by a seasonal high tunnel may participate.

Producers interested in entering into a financial assistance agreement for EQIP assistance may file an application at any time. Applicants must be:

An agricultural producer and have control of eligible land for the term of the proposed contract period; eligible land includes cropland.

In compliance with the provisions for protecting the interests of tenants and sharecroppers, including the provisions for sharing EQIP payments on a fair and equitable basis.

Application Information

Apply for financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). NRCS accepts and processes EQIP applications on a continuous basis, although funding selections are typically made once a year. Sign up this year until March 20, 2015.

Supporting Practices

The following list of practices are also available to producers to support the Seasonal High Tunnel Practice: